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TOP STORIES - May 19, 2011 • Cloud, Devices Reigned at Microsoft's TechEd • Microsoft, Facebook Alliance Offers Social Data Galore • DoD's DARPA Plans Cyber-Attack Resilient Cloud • 99% of Android Devices Harbor Authentication Flaw • 10 Key Lessons RIM Could Learn from Apple SPOTLIGHT Chromebooks Steal Show at Google I/O Google introduced notebooks based on the Chrome OS, which is a bold bet against Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Why Motorola Delayed the Droid Bionic • Google I/O Delivers 'Honeycomb' 3.1, More • Samsung Droid Charge Impresses • Tiny Atomic Clock on a Chip Debuts FEATURED VIDEO Keep Up with Compliance How you can stay ahead of rapidly evolving laws to avoid fines and sanctions. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Windows' Unbreakable Market Dominance • Why iPad 3 Should Be Released This Year • Microsoft Office 365 Proves Promising • 10 Problems Plaguing iPad 2 IN THIS ISSUE Cloud, Devices Reigned at Microsoft's TechEd At its TechEd show this week, Microsoft showed off new capabilities for managing and developing applications for the cloud and devices. Microsoft officials painted a picture of how their applications and platforms work across the cloud and the myriad devices cropping up for use by consumers and enterprises alike. READ MORE >> Microsoft, Facebook Alliance Offers Social Data Galore Microsoft likes Facebook, to the point where it's incorporated the social network's "Like" button into a wide swath of its Bing search results and applications. It's a substantial upgrade over Microsoft's previous workings with Facebook. Microsoft and Facebook execs likely hope the partnership will hinder their mutual foe: Google. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Modern Media How are brands like McDonald's, Delta, PepsiCo, Citibank and IBM creating real business value with realtime tools like Twitter, Foursquare and Facebook? Find out at Realtime NY 11 (formerly TWTRCON), a full-day immersion in the mobile, social and realtime web. Register with code ZDE to save 20%. ADVERTISEMENT DoD's DARPA Plans Cyber-Attack Resilient Cloud The Department of Defense will be announcing details behind a new resilient cloud infrastructure that can keep operating even while under cyber-attack. READ MORE >> 99% of Android Devices Harbor Authentication Flaw German researchers uncovered a flaw with the way applications authenticate with Google services that could allow a man-in-the-middle attack to intercept tokens and impersonate the user. READ MORE >> 10 Key Lessons RIM Could Learn from Apple News Analysis: Research In Motion has some things to learn from Apple, the biggest and most influential tech firm in the world, before the BlackBerry mobile phone maker sinks into irrelevance. READ MORE >> How to Get Started with Cloud Computing View this panel discussion with IBM cloud computing leaders on how enterprises can get started with cloud computing -- reviewing which workloads make sense to move first and the right type of cloud for workloads. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Oracle Databases on VMware vSphere 4: A Guide This document will also show that the same best practices, tuning tips and tricks, and skill sets necessary to deploy Oracle databases in physical environments can be leveraged when deploying Oracle databases in virtual environments. DOWNLOAD NOW >> 8 Considerations for Evaluating Disk-Based Backup May 20, 2011 12:00 p.m. Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Join us for an interactive eSeminar where Jeff Crum, senior product manager at ExaGrid, and other industry experts will share eight key technological criteria to consider when evaluating systems. REGISTER >> Meeting the New Demands for Management & Security with All-In-One PCs May 23, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) vPro is also the key to manage the security issues in a far more rigorous and comprehensive fashion due to increasing governance and compliance demands as well as new and evolving threats. Lenovo adds to vPro with their own unique solutions. REGISTER >>

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